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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The Department of State Police is charged with the 
3responsibility for administering the Firearm Owners 
4Identification Card Act (the "Act"); and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, The purpose of the Act is to protect the health, 
6safety, and welfare of the public by providing a system of 
7identifying persons who are not qualified to acquire or possess 
8firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and lasers; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's 
10Identification Card ("Card") must complete an application and 
11submit evidence that he or she meets specified criteria and is 
12not prohibited by certain conditions from having a firearm; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Entering false information on an application is 
14punishable as a Class 2 felony; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, The Department of State Police must approve or 
16deny all applications within 30 days after the date they are 
17received; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, The Department of State Police may revoke a 
19previously issued Card if the person to whom the Card was 
20issued is or was at the time of issuance ineligible for 
 
 
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1approval; therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
3NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
4the Auditor General is directed to conduct a management audit 
5of the Department of State Police's administration of the 
6Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and be it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That the audit include, but need not be limited 
8to, the following determinations:
9        (1) What steps the Department of State Police takes to 
10    determine whether an applicant is eligible or ineligible to 
11    receive a Card and whether those steps appear to be 
12    adequate;

13        (2) The total number of applicants during the past 3 
14    years, the number of those applicants who were denied a 
15    Card, and the reasons for denial;

16        (3) Whether the Department of State Police is approving 
17    or denying all applications within 30 days after the date 
18    they are received;
19        (4) The total number of Cards that were revoked during 
20    the past 3 years and the reasons for revocation; and

21        (5) Whether, during the past 3 years, the Department of 
22    State Police has denied any applications for a Card because 
23    the applicant provided false information and, if so, 
24    whether the Department of State Police made any referrals 
 
 
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1    for criminal prosecution of applicants providing false 
2    information on a Card application; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That the Department of State Police and any other 
4State agency, entity, or person that may have information 
5relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the

6Auditor General's Office in its conduct; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as 
8soon as possible and, upon completion, distribute a report in 
9accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing

10Act.